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Monday, November 11, 2019

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  • Pastor accused of abuse no longer Tenn. candidate
    by Diana Chandler, posted Monday, November 11, 2019 (2 years ago)

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    CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (BP) -- First Baptist Church of Clarksville, Tenn., is no longer considering for senior pastor Wes Feltner, accused of pastoral abuse by two women who were students in his former youth ministry.

    Feltner is also taking an administrative leave from a church he pastors in Minnesota.

    The women, using the website broughttothelight.org, have accused Feltner of enticing them into secret intimate relationships, at least one sexually, in 2002 in Evansville, Ind. Read More

  • Iowa Baptists highlight evangelism, church planting
    by BCI Staff, posted Monday, November 11, 2019 (2 years ago)

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    ANKNEY, Iowa (BP) -- With the theme "Together for Iowa," the Baptist Convention of Iowa held its 2019 annual meeting at First Family Church in Ankeny on Nov. 2.

    Keynote speaker Ronnie Floyd, president of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, exhorted Iowa churches to renew their urgency for evangelism. He pointed out the sharp drop in professions of faith among 12-17-year-olds and challenged Southern Baptist church leaders to embrace the call to reach these next-generation leaders for Christ. Read More

  • Wyoming Baptists celebrate God's blessings
    by Karen L. Willoughby, posted Monday, November 11, 2019 (2 years ago)

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    BUFFALO, Wyo. (BP) -- "Completely unexpected and spontaneous," a Wyoming state Baptist leader said about the 28 people baptized at seven churches in the West region of the state on Aug. 25. "Plus several more in September and October!"

    Reports like this punctuated the 36th annual meeting of the Wyoming Southern Baptist Mission Network Nov. 7-8 at Big Horn Baptist Church, where Don Paulson is pastor. Read More

  • Heath Thomas to become OBU's 16th president
    by Oklahoma Baptist University staff, posted Monday, November 11, 2019 (2 years ago)

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    SHAWNEE, Okla. (BP) -- The Oklahoma Baptist University (OBU) board of trustees voted Friday (Nov. 8) to elect Heath Thomas as the university's 16th president during its fall meeting on the OBU campus in Shawnee. Thomas currently serves at OBU as the dean of the Hobbs College of Theology and Ministry and the associate vice president for church relations. He will assume the role of president in January 2020.

    In addition to his duties as dean and associate vice president, Thomas also serves as interim dean of the divisions of behavioral and social sciences and language and literature, the Floyd K. Clark Chair of Christian Leadership and professor of Old Testament. He joined the OBU faculty in 2015 after serving as director of Ph.D. studies and associate professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C. Read More

  • VETERANS DAY: The life of an Army chaplain
    by Paul Kim, posted Monday, November 11, 2019 (2 years ago)

    Military chaplain Paul Kim shares the importance of a Gospel witness among those in uniform. "Even when our Armed Forces are not engaged in military warfare, they are in the midst of spiritual warfare each and every day," he says. Read More